[Lazarus] documentation snapshot

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2013-04-20 20:05, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> The primary use of SDK information is to access them using context
> information from within the IDE. In the matching version of course.

"matching version" is a very good point. Currently Lazarus totally fails
that point. You can download a 0.9.30.4 version, but have NO related
documentation, because the wiki and HTML help is constantly moving. This
is a problem for the IDE help and the LCL help.

One can't stress enough the importance of good help - especially in
large applications or frameworks. Just look at the mess Embarcadero
Delphi help is in. I installed Delphi XE the other day, and included the
help option, yet searching for anything returns no results, yet manually
navigating to the topic does reveal help - but often outdated. The last
good and up-to-date help for Delphi was Delphi v7 - under Borland's
control. There online wiki help is not much better.


> Since the
> disappearance of online help (or a mere move or change of hosting) would
> make older versions of the tool unusable, otherwise.

Another very good point. I often use "The Wayback Machine" to try and
find information which disappeared on the internet. Sometimes you are
lucky, sometimes not.


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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